Pakistan’s Military Operation against the Taliban is just Wrong

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Pakistan’s took military action against the Taliban/Militants in Swat and Bunir last week as President Zardari was meeting with Obama in the US. It was only ten days before Pakistani government had negotiated a peace deal with the same Talibans.

I have heard from few people in Pakistan that the timing seems to indicate that Zardari wants more aid and wanted to please Washington. The peace deal with the Pakistani Taliban was out of favor, and was negatively viewed by the white house.

Zardari was back peddling and showing the US that while he in the US , he was taking corrective action and started the military operations. He needed more money/aid to continue the operations while at the same time convincing Washington that the nuclear weapons are safe.

I personally was concerned by the fact that Zardari, being the head of state of Pakistan was in the US when they started the military operation. He should have been in Pakistan if he was true leader! Especially if there was threat 60 miles outside the capital of Pakistan!

I have also been told that in Bunir there were only 35 Taliban who were 60 miles away from the capital Islamabad (not thousands as we have been lead to believe) and that they were not a real threat. They arrived in two vehicles. The peace deal which was approved by the parliament of Pakistan was only given 10 days before military operation started, really not much time to play itself out.

Also the Talibans are Pakistani Citizen, Zardari and Pakistani government is using military to obliterate them. The military operations are killing not only Pakistan’s citizens, the Talibans, but have also made 1 million people in the area homeless. This is just wrong, We have seen what Military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have lead to , now we going to add a third country called Pakistan to it. Military operations do not solve the problem but make it unstable

The Pakistani Taliban should be trialed in Pakistani Civil courts and should be proven guilty not bombed to death. Military operations and aggression will lead to more radicalization of Pakistan.